Ryan Palser, whose replica AER-9 laser rifle we covered a couple of weeks ago, has since finished up his second Fallout 3 replica, of the game’s A3-21 plasma rifle, that is, as I predicted, even more impressive than his first. The Flickr set includes some good build shots too, including some details of his casting process. [Thanks, Ryan!]

I am descended from 5,000 generations of tool-using primates. Also, I went to college and stuff. I am a long-time contributor to MAKE magazine and makezine.com. My work has also appeared in ReadyMade, c’t – Magazin für Computertechnik, and The Wall Street Journal.

These are amazing! Much respect to Ryan for this project. Awesome build photos too! I feel as though a gauntlet has been thrown down. I have always wanted to do this.

Small quip: I feel Fallout 3 has some appeal to the Maker crowd, due to its detailed survival aspects and sandbox style game play. I can’t tell you how many hours I’ve logged into that game, it basically became my December when I purchased it!

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I want one! Next to Vengeance and the Gauss Rifle, this was my favorite weapon. Don’t leave Megaton without it…